Golf Ontario – THORNHILL— After coming close to the title a year ago, finishing in a tie for third, Unionville’s Max Sear came into the 2016 Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship, at the Thornhill Club, with unfinished business. Sear, a York Downs Golf & Country Club member, took care of that business with an impressive week that was capped off by hoisting the trophy on July 15.

Entering the final round, Sear, 19-years-old, sat alone in top spot at 11-under for the tournament with a three-shot lead. He began his round well with birdies on third and fourth holes. He would settle for a pair of bogeys on five and nine and was even at the turn.  Meanwhile, Kitchener’s Keaton Jones, who entered the day in second, was one-over at the turn giving Sear a four-shot lead with nine to play.

After Sear birdied the 11th and Jones, a Whistle Bear Golf Club member, bogeyed the 13th, Sear had a six-stroke lead with five holes to play. That turned out to be more than enough as Sear ended the round at even par (71) to finish the tournament at 11-under (69-68-65-71-273).

Afterwards, Sear spoke about how his experience last year helped him claim the 2016 title. “It felt really good to come out on top this year. I think the big difference was my third round. Last year I had the lead after the second round, but shot four-over in the third round. This year I knew I had to keep my foot on the gas pedal, which I did. It was frustrating last year, but I learned a lot and I guess it paid off this year.”

Conditions were a factor this week, but Sear managed to keep them at bay. He talked about his week and the key moments on his march to the championship. “I felt like my game was in a good spot and had a lot of momentum coming off the first round. I think the real turning point for me was the final four holes during the second round. I went five-under on those four holes and that just sparked me. I came into the third round with a lot of confidence and went low. Everything seemed to work out for me after that.”

Picking up the silver medal was Jones. Jones ended the day with a one-over (72) and finished the tournament seven-under (70-67-68-72-277).

Earning the bronze medal was Cayuga’s Charles Corner. Corner began the day at one-under in a tie for third. He separated himself from the rest of the players in that tie thanks to the low round of the day, three-under (68). That brought him to four-under (69-72-71-68-280) for the tournament.

The three will represent Ontario in the team competition at the Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship, Aug. 8-11, at The Royal Ottawa Golf Club & Eagle Creek Golf Club in Ottawa-Gatineau. 

For full tournament information, including the final leaderboard, see the tournament site at: https://gao.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/gao16/event/gao168/index.htm

Golf Ontario would like to thank the Thornhill Club, along with their staff and volunteers for hosting the event. Thanks also to title sponsor Investors Group and the Golf Ontario volunteers for their continued support of golf in the province. 

About the Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur

The Investors Group Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship was first played in 1923 at Lakeview Golf and Country Club, and has a rich history of former champions. Past winners include: 2003 Masters Champion Mike Weir (1990 & 1992), Gerry Kesselring (1949, 1951, 1952, 1953), professional players Jon Mills (2001), Corey Conners (2010), Albin Choi (2012), Chris Hemmerich (2014) and Gary Cowan, who holds the record for the most Ontario Amateur Championships with nine (1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 & 1984). This is the fourth time Thornhill has hosted the Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship. 155 players began the four-day, 72-hole tournament.

ABOUT GOLF ONTARIO

Golf Ontario is Ontario’s Provincial Sport Organization focused on enhancing participation, elevating performance and supporting the passion of golfers in Ontario. With over 100,000 individual members and 450 member clubs, Golf Ontario is one of the largest golf associations in the world.  From rating courses and keeping the integral rules of the game intact, to growing the game at the grassroots level and getting the game of golf into our school systems, to keeping the Ontario golf community aware of all relevant issues and hosting the best amateur tournaments in Canada, Golf Ontario is a passionate group dedicated to making golf better for everyone in Ontario. We share a love and passion for golf, while preserving its past, fostering its future, and championing golf’s best interests for everyone who enjoys the sport.

 

For more information, please contact:

Darren Matte, Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Golf Ontario

905-852-1101 ext. 234

 

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Results for contest Low Gross:

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 1    Maxwell Sear           69-68-65-71--273 -11 

 2    Keaton Jones           70-67-68-72--277 -7  

 3    Charles Corner         69-72-71-68--280 -4  

 4    Austin James           72-69-73-70--284 E   

 T5   David French           74-74-66-71--285 +1  

 T5   Charles Fitzsimmons    70-73-69-73--285 +1  

 7    Ryan Tsang             70-70-72-76--288 +4  

 T8   Joseph Burgess         71-78-71-69--289 +5  

 T8   Joseph Kremer          71-73-69-76--289 +5  

 T10  Kevin Fawcett          75-75-69-71--290 +6  

 T10  Luke Moser             75-71-72-72--290 +6  

 T10  Russell Bowie          73-69-75-73--290 +6  

 T10  Benjamin Thompson      73-69-71-77--290 +6  

 T14  Nicholas Ross          76-70-73-72--291 +7  

 T14  Noah Steele            71-75-72-73--291 +7  

 T16  Steven Poulos          72-74-73-73--292 +8  

 T16  Joshua Polisuk         76-71-72-73--292 +8  

 T16  Chris Wilson           72-69-73-78--292 +8  

 19   Josiah Dixon           71-80-72-70--293 +9  

 T20  Alex Purdom            79-69-73-73--294 +10 

 T20  Abe Holmes             77-74-70-73--294 +10 

 T20  Matthew Cholod         73-71-74-76--294 +10 

 T23  Tyler Nagano           72-77-73-73--295 +11 

 T23  Nick Hofland           73-79-71-72--295 +11 

 T23  Jake McNulty           75-74-72-74--295 +11 

 T26  Josh Whalen            71-72-77-76--296 +12 

 T26  Eric Flockhart         68-72-72-84--296 +12 

 T28  Brett Kennedy          74-76-72-75--297 +13 

 T28  Zack Mason             76-71-73-77--297 +13 

 30   Matt LeMay             73-70-83-72--298 +14 

 31   Philip Arci            74-76-72-77--299 +15 

 T32  Sam McNulty            71-76-79-74--300 +16 

 T32  Michael Vance          73-75-77-75--300 +16 

 T32  Sam Meek               73-74-77-76--300 +16 

 T32  Scott Banks            74-74-74-78--300 +16 

 T32  James Rim              75-76-70-79--300 +16 

 37   Tyler Hull             75-77-75-74--301 +17 

 T38  Mackenzie Carter       78-74-76-74--302 +18 

 T38  Ben Snaidero           78-73-74-77--302 +18 

 T38  Sean Stubbs            74-76-75-77--302 +18 

 T38  Jake Adams             70-79-75-78--302 +18 

 T38  Dave Bunker            70-74-76-82--302 +18 

 T43  Robin Petras           71-80-79-73--303 +19 

 T43  Will Gavarkovs         77-73-80-73--303 +19 

 T43  Nicholas Brisebois     74-77-73-79--303 +19 

 T43  Carter Simon           73-72-75-83--303 +19 

 T47  Tyler Douse            75-75-79-75--304 +20 

 T47  Kyle Johnston          74-78-76-76--304 +20 

 T47  Matthew Vihant         80-72-77-75--304 +20 

 T47  Matthew Shubley        76-76-72-80--304 +20 

 51   Garrett Atkinson       72-79-73-81--305 +21 

 T52  Derek Dalziel          76-75-78-77--306 +22 

 T52  Curtis Hughes          78-73-74-81--306 +22 

 T54  James Wyndham-West     71-80-81-77--309 +25 

 T54  Josh Montgomery        74-77-71-87--309 +25 

 T56  Brandon Lustig         75-77-79-79--310 +26 

 T56  Zachary Greifenberger  78-74-78-80--310 +26 

 T56  Anthony Occhiuto       73-71-76-90--310 +26 

 59   Brett Wilkinson        77-75-83-80--315 +31 

 60   Jason Wellings         78-74-83-82--317 +33 

DID NOT FINISH

 MC   Adam Migur             76-77-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Kevin Gordon           76-77-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Alex Dumais            82-71-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Jackson Bowery         82-71-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Kyle Gordon            79-74-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Kevin Jovanov          75-78-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Ward Kyle              76-77-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Kevin McLafferty       80-73-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Trevor Ranton          79-74-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Paul Gortnar           79-74-0-0--153 +11   

 MC   Scott Benzoni          79-75-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Arnold Johnson         79-75-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Robert Wilkinson       79-75-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Justin Allen           77-77-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Conor Rodrigues        76-78-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Thomas 'Jack' Simpson  74-80-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Christian McCullough   74-80-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Jon Pick               77-77-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Trent Abraham          76-78-0-0--154 +12   

 MC   Chris Willis           78-77-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Adam Park              80-75-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Jeffrey Clarke         79-76-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Jacob Scriven          81-74-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Simon Reyers           77-78-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Matthew Ion Young      73-82-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Matthew Sim            83-72-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Allen McGee            75-80-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Craig Conroy           81-74-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Marc Lefebvre          78-77-0-0--155 +13   

 MC   Callum Biehn           82-74-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   Conner Watt            78-78-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   Rob Cowan              80-76-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   John Boncoddo          72-84-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   Kelvin Lim             76-80-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   Crawford McKinlay      76-80-0-0--156 +14   

 MC   Ryan Ahrens            79-78-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   John Burghardt         77-80-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Liam Fisk              82-75-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Daniel Knapp           79-78-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Alexander Zappio       79-78-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Paul (wonkyung) Sung   81-76-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Aidan Gavey            79-78-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Robbie Latter          79-78-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Sudarshan Yellamaraju  76-81-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Jamaal Moussaoui       82-75-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Tyler Cormier          81-76-0-0--157 +15   

 MC   Minwoo Park            79-79-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Ryan Harvey            80-78-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Brendan Green          81-77-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Dale Millard           78-80-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Riley Goss             80-78-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Ryan Neil              78-80-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   John Harrington        75-83-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Marc Casullo           77-81-0-0--158 +16   

 MC   Jeremy Kirk            83-76-0-0--159 +17   

 MC   John Shoreman          80-79-0-0--159 +17   

 MC   Eric (Joohyung) Byun   76-83-0-0--159 +17   

 MC   Quinn Kerr             81-79-0-0--160 +18   

 MC   Jean-Samuel Rancourt   85-75-0-0--160 +18   

 MC   Brett Pearl            81-79-0-0--160 +18   

 MC   Kham Vong              77-83-0-0--160 +18   

 MC   Colton Clemmer         78-82-0-0--160 +18   

 MC   Sean Trapp             77-84-0-0--161 +19   

 MC   Curtis Conrad          78-83-0-0--161 +19   

 MC   Michael Alderman       86-76-0-0--162 +20   

 MC   Ranga Sugathapala      82-80-0-0--162 +20   

 MC   Craig Stefureak        77-85-0-0--162 +20   

 MC   Anthony Dadamo         81-81-0-0--162 +20   

 MC   Aaron Jenkins          86-77-0-0--163 +21   

 MC   Mathew Suarez          80-83-0-0--163 +21   

 MC   Charlie Burke          78-85-0-0--163 +21   

 MC   Jack Quirke            80-84-0-0--164 +22   

 MC   Jack Doty              86-78-0-0--164 +22   

 MC   Bobby Hall             81-83-0-0--164 +22   

 MC   Eric Shea              86-79-0-0--165 +23   

 MC   Andrew Pearson         84-81-0-0--165 +23   

 MC   Christopher Vinelli    83-82-0-0--165 +23   

 MC   Lucas Travers          82-83-0-0--165 +23   

 MC   Kyle MacDonald         85-80-0-0--165 +23   

 MC   Ty Wadsworth           87-79-0-0--166 +24   

 MC   Sam Orr                90-76-0-0--166 +24   

 MC   Peter Beneteau         81-85-0-0--166 +24   

 MC   Daniel Kwon            85-82-0-0--167 +25   

 MC   Campbell Gordon        85-83-0-0--168 +26   

 MC   Nick Schepens          89-80-0-0--169 +27   

 MC   Keith Joel             85-85-0-0--170 +28   

 MC   James Martin           82-89-0-0--171 +29   

 MC   Connor Riley           84-87-0-0--171 +29   

 MC   Jamison Hough          76-96-0-0--172 +30   

 MC   John Humphrys          86-88-0-0--174 +32   

 MC   Tyler Hale             89-89-0-0--178 +36   

 MC   John Farrugia          99-85-0-0--184 +42   

 WD   Tony(Taekkun) Gil      79-0-0-0--79 +8      

 WD   Don Bryson             86-0-0-0--86 +15     

 WD   Bryce Evon                                  

 WD   Sam Kreze                                   

 WD   Mitch Macleod                               

 WD   Barrett McCarthy                            

 WD   Quinn Vilneff                               

 DQ   Colton Wyllie          86-0-0-0--86 +15     

 JWD  Zachary Bankuti